Dividing-board.



R. LOVING.

DIVIDING BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED MAB.11,1908.

Patented Nov. 10, 1908.

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DIVIDING-BOARD.

Application filed March 11, 1908.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 10, 1908.

Serial No. 420,353.

To all whom it may concern.

.lic it known that l, RALPH Lorine, a citizen of the United States, residing at Densinore, in the county of Norton and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Iinprovcn'ients in Dividing-Boards; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull. clear, and exact description of the illvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in dividing boards and more particularly to that class adapted to be used in connection with mowers and my object is to provide means for pivotally mounting the outer end of said board, whereby the pivoted portion of the board may be swung inwardly when an. object is encountered.

A further object is to provide means for limiting the outward swinging movement of the pivoted end of the board and a still further object is to provide means for pivotally securing the board to a sickle bar and provide means for limiting the vertical movement of the board.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings which are made a part of this application, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a sickle bar, showing my improved dividing board attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof, and, Fig. 8 is a detail, perspective view of that portion of the board engaging the sickle bar.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 indicates a sickle bar, to the outer end of which is secured a guard 2, on the rear end. of which are provided ears 3.

Iivotally secured between the ears 3 by means of a bolt, or the like 4, is a dividin board 5, which board is preferably forme in sections 6 and 7 and secured together by means of a hinge, or the like 8, the point of connection between said sections being adjacent the ears 3, whereby the major portion of the dividing board may swing'inwardly when any portion of the section 7 of the board encounters an object, such as gopher hills, thereby guarding against breakage of the dividing board by undue strain thereon.

The section 6 is provided with a finger 9,

which linger extends beyolnl the cars 3 and over the guard, the object of said [ingei' being to limit the vertical swinging movement of the dividing board, as when the finger engages the upper face of the guard, the further elevation of the rear end of the dividing board will be stopped and the outward swinging movement of the section 7 is limited by providing shoulders 10 and 11 on the meeting ends of the sections 6 and 7, respectively, said shoulders being so arranged that the two sections of the dividing board will be in alincment with each other when the section 7 is swung outwardly its full movement.

This dividing board is adapted more particularly for use where rough ground, stumps, or the like, are encountered to prevent the dividing board from being broken by coming in contact with a solid object when the sickle bar is being swung rearwardly in making a. turn and it will be readily seen that by this construction, when the section 7 of the divid ing board encounters a solid object, said section will swing inwardly and not become broken and further that as soon as the sickle bar is again moved forwardly, said section 7 will swing outwardly and into alinement with the section 6 and thus accomplish the same purpose as when the dividing board is made in one section. It will likewise be seen that the dividing board will be limited in its vertical swinging movement by disposing the finger 9 over the guard 2 and arranging the end of the section 6 in such manner as to enage the rear end of the guard when the dividing board has swung downwardly a pre-determined distance.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a very cheap and durable form of dividing board and one that can be attached to any form of sickle bar and further that said board will not become easily broken when forced into engagement with a solid object, and that the shoulders 10 and 11 will relieve the hinge 8 of undue strain, as when the board is being dragged over the ground.

What I claim is:

l. The combination with a sickle bar having cars at one end thereof; of a dividing board adapted to be pivotally secured between said ears, said board being formed in sections, a vertically disposed hinge adapted to secure said sections together, said hlnge being adjacent said cars, a finger extendin forwardly from said dividing board adapte to limit the vertical upward movement of said board and shoulders at the uweiing emla of Silill HUFLiUIlS :Hlaplml l0 limiL [he uutwanl swinging movement 0f (he 1'('ill' Hem-lion 21ml l'elzlill Hllill l('ll]' seelinu in alineua-M Wilh he for ard sex-Linn when the shoulders are almt Ling agaimt (Hlh HHIOI'.

2. The ('omllilmiiun wilh a Hiekle bar hav ing a guard at (me eml then-0'1 am] a pair 0| ears at the rear end 0| said gum-(I; 01' a (wuscetinu dividing heal-(I pimtalLy mounted between said ears, the l'mwvznrd eml 01' (he heard being adapted in engage the eml 0| the guard when said board moves (Imvn\vz|r1H v. a [inwacxtemling forwardly from said board adapted in overhang and engage the upper I'aee 01' the guard and limit the upward swinging Iowan-at of H10 bflill'd, a hinge wunneeting the we seeliuns of the board and inlegz'al shoulders at the meeting ends of mill :aeliuns :nlapled to almt against each miller and limit Hm Hwinging movement 0'! (me ul (he aevl inns in one direction.

In (eqinmuy whereof I have signed my name in this speeif' aLiulx in the neaenee 01' two auhmr'xlang wilnesses.

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